tataeíra
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Old Tupi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From tatá (“fire”) + eíra (“bee”),[1] referring to its painful bite.
Noun
[edit]tataeíra (unpossessable)
- bee of the species Oxytrigona tataira
- Synonym: kabesé
Descendants
[edit]- Nheengatu: tatá-ira
- Brazilian Portuguese: → tataíra, → abelha-de-fogo (calque)
References
[edit]- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tataeíra”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 466, column 1
- Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) “Catálogo da fauna da costa brasileira no século XVI com os nomes tupis registrados pelos autores europeus [16th century catalogue of the Brazilian coast's fauna as documented by European authors]”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, , →ISBN, →ISSN, page 294